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1. Characteristic of a mob.
4. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
9. A persistently annoying person.
13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all.
14. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills.
15. The female reproductive cell.
16. Having leadership guidance.
17. A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
18. Give over.
19. The act of scanning.
21. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative.
23. American prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942).
25. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
26. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
27. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
30. A river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River.
33. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
35. A soft gray ductile metallic element used in alloys.
36. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
39. Estrangement from god.
40. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
43. A small pellet fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
44. The closing section of a musical composition.
49. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
50. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
53. Used as a Hindi courtesy title.
57. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
61. (anatomy) A somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part.
62. A hospital unit staffed and equipped to provide intensive care.
63. Any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits.
65. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
66. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
67. An esoteric or occult matter that is traditionally secret.
68. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
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1. A master's degree in library science.
2. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
3. English monk and scholar (672-735).
4. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
5. Characterized by divine or godlike nature.
6. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
7. A sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory.
8. A former copper coin of Pakistan.
9. Of or relating to or near the coccyx.
10. The part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid.
11. A member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste.
12. Slanderous defamation.
20. Plant with an elongated head of broad stalked leaves resembling celery.
22. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
24. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
28. A genus of European owls.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
31. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
32. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
34. An official language of the Republic of South Africa.
37. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group.
38. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
41. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar.
42. A village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa.
45. A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria.
46. (Spanish) Saffron-flavored dish made of rice with shellfish and chicken.
47. A sweetened beverage of diluted fruit juice.
48. Chromatic purity.
51. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
52. Any of several tall tropical palms native to southeastern Asia having egg-shaped nuts.
54. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising solely the razorbill.
55. (computer science) A data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems.
56. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
58. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
59. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
60. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet.
64. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
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